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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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A fantastic send-off for superstar Michael Jackson !

Photo: Andrew Gombert/Pool This is the cover of the program for the public Michael Jackson memorial service held at Staples Center in Los Angeles yesterday. A ton of photos of the event and the fans are on the Los Angeles Times website . Thousands of lucky ticket holders joined MJ’s friends, celebrities, and family members for the emotional and musically charged memorial inside […]
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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Box Office movies make a killing over the Fourth of July holiday weekend

“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” won the neck-and-neck battle against newcomer “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” for the top spot at the domestic Box Office this past weekend. In the final numbers, “Transformers 2” grossed a huge $42.3 million to hold onto the title of the number one movie in the nation for the second straight week. “Transformers 2” is making truckloads of […]
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Monday, July 6, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, July 6, 2009
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Photo Gallery: White House Independence Day celebration

  Photo: Pete Souza/The White House —President Obama and First Lady Michelle greet White House guests Today the White House blog posted photos of the bang-up Fourth of July celebration at the White House. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle shared their festivities with military personnel and their families. In the above photo, the Obamas greet some of the enthusiastic party […]
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Happy Fourth of July!

Photo: FLLewis/A Writer’s Groove — Burbank                                “The Star Spangled Banner” Fourth and Final Verse O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation! Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must when our cause it […]
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Friday, July 3, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, July 3, 2009
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Burbank Mayor Gary Bric, his restaurant, & those trash talking e-mails

Photo: from city of Burbank website I don’t know if Burbank Mayor Gary Bric plays any street basketball, but it’s pretty clear he can trash talk. Earlier in the week, I popped over to Jim Carlile’s Burbank blog and discovered a post from last Tuesday, June 30 about some caustic e-mails he got from the mayor. The town is abuzz with chatter about these e-mail zingers. Mayor […]
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Coach Jose Sandoval enters a plea in a Burbank court

Photo courtesy Jose Sandoval — some of the players and coaching staff Burbank Volunteer Coach Jose Sandoval probably would have preferred to spend this morning out at a sunny park, teaching some local kids how to swing a bat or throw a baseball. Instead, Coach Sandoval was in Burbank Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. today, to face a charge of misdemeanor battery arising […]
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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A private farewell to Farrah Fawcett

Photo: Cover of the funeral service program Family and close friends of Farrah Fawcett gathered yesterday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Downtown Los Angeles to say farewell to the actress. Among the celebrities at the private funeral, former “Charlie’s Angels” co-star Kate Jackson and ex-supermodel Cheryl Tiegs. Photo:  Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times  Fawcett’s long time companion, Ryan O’Neal, was […]
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Photo Gallery: Special visitors drop by the White House

Photo: Pete Souza/the White House Last Friday, President Obama met with a very special  group of visitors at the White House. The guests and their canine companions were from the Helen Keller National Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The center offers intensive rehabilitation training for deaf-blind youngsters and adults. The five students, two staffers, and three volunteers from the center were on tour in […]
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